It’s not going to be remembered as one of his most thunderous throw downs, but he got around P.J. Tucker with the spin, got to the rim, took off with both feet and dunked.

It’s about steps with Kobe on his return. His turnovers were down, he got a dunk and he looked better against the Suns Tuesday, which were steps in the right direction. He also struggled on defense and is still showing limitations. It’s going to take time.

Those commentators loved throwing out the “first Kobe …. of the year!” yesterday at any possible chance they could.

By the way, does anyone else think the lead play by play guy (sorry, I haven’t look up the names yet) sounds like he’s talking to a young child when he calls games? He sounds too..nice? Ya know if like a, “hey guys, this is fun!” type of way?